Reconstruction:Punic/𐤕𐤐𐤇

This Punic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Punic

Etymology

Akin to Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ, “apple”).

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /tʰappuːħ/
• (2^th BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /tʰappyːħ/
• (2^th CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /θaffy/

Noun

*𐤕𐤐𐤇 (*tpḥ /tappūḥ/) m

1. apple

Descendants

• → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴷⴼⴼⵓⵢⵜ (tadffuyt)
• → Nefusa: dəffu, wherein Djerba aḏfu
• → Tachawit: aḏfu

References

• Blench, Roger (2018) “Relating linguistic reconstructions of plant names in Berber to the archaeobotany of North Africa”, in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports‎^[1], volume 38, number 103009, published 2021, →DOI, Table 15, page 12
• Meouak, Mohamed (2015) La langue berbère au Maghreb médiéval: Textes, contextes, analyses (Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib; 8)‎^[2] (in French), Leiden: Brill, published 2015, →ISBN, page 292